[ [63] An allegorical character in the old moralities. Cf. 1 Henry IV. ii. 4:—"That reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that vanity in years." In the Devil is an Ass, "Lady Vanity" is coupled with "Iniquity."

[ [64] Old ed. "Mater."

[ [65] Stop our conversation.

[ [66] I have followed Dyce's suggestion in adding this word.

[ [67] An important part in Barabas' get-up was his large nose. In William Rowley's Search for Money, 1609, there is an allusion to the "artificial Jew of Malta's nose."

[ [68] In Titus Andronicus Aaron gives a somewhat similar catalogue of villainies.

[ [69] Use.

[ [70] Heartily.

[ [71] The scene shifts to the front of Barabas' house.

[ [72] Dyce's correction for the old copy's "vow to love him."